Data for 2010

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2010

Name: Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2010
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2010, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2010 covers 187 countries. Qatar is highest, at 86.17; São Tomé and Príncipe is lowest, at 20.51. The middle country reads 56.21. Against 2009, 187 values changed (74 up, 113 down), the same countries are covered.

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Employment-to-Population Ratio · Data for 2010

HighestQatar

86.17

LowestSão Tomé and Príncipe

20.51

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

187countries
1measure
2010the year it describes
187distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2010, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2010: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	86.17
2	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	84.10
3	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	83.69
4	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	82.97
5	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	82.79
6	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	79.66
7	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	79.55
8	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	79.29
9	Niger`NER`Western Africa	78.93
10	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	78.24
11	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	77.16
12	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	76.85
13	Peru`PER`South America	76.39
14	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	75.42
15	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	75.36
16	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	75.04
17	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	74.50
18	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	73.10
19	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	71.65
20	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	71.21
21	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	71.16
22	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	71.12
23	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	70.93
24	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	70.69
25	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	69.45
26	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	69.04
27	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	68.62
28	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	68.00
29	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	67.98
30	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	67.75
31	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	67.45
32	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	66.83
33	Bolivia`BOL`South America	66.64
34	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	65.89
35	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	65.42
36	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	65.19
37	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	64.96
38	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	64.90
39	Paraguay`PRY`South America	64.64
40	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	64.60
41	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	64.56
42	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	64.44
43	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	63.79
44	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	63.57
45	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	63.19
46	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	63.18
47	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	63.11
48	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	62.85
49	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	62.55
50	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	62.32
51	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	62.24
52	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	62.07
53	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	61.53
54	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	61.49
55	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	61.43
56	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	61.37
57	Canada`CAN`Northern America	61.27
58	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	61.24
59	Panama`PAN`Central America	61.09
60	Brazil`BRA`South America	60.58
61	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	60.25
62	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	60.16
63	Ecuador`ECU`South America	60.12
64	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	60.11
65	Uruguay`URY`South America	59.68
66	Colombia`COL`South America	59.60
67	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	59.56
68	Honduras`HND`Central America	59.36
69	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	59.33
70	Venezuela`VEN`South America	59.31
71	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	59.22
72	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	59.02
73	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	58.68
74	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	58.65
75	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	58.34
76	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	58.33
77	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	58.08
78	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	58.01
79	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	57.89
80	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	57.76
81	United States`USA`Northern America	57.59
82	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	57.44
83	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	57.31
84	Mexico`MEX`Central America	57.19
85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	56.96
86	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	56.95
87	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	56.87
88	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	56.79
89	Belize`BLZ`Central America	56.72
90	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	56.60
91	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	56.54
92	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	56.37
93	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	56.28
94	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	56.21
95	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	56.14
96	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	55.88
97	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	55.75
98	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	55.65
99	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	55.62
100	Argentina`ARG`South America	55.54
101	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	55.35
102	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	55.32
103	Chile`CHL`South America	55.21
104	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	55.13
105	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	55.07
106	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	54.97
107	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	54.96
108	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	54.70
109	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	54.67
110	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	54.66
111	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	54.63
112	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	54.61
113	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	54.53
114	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	54.16
115	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	54.10
116	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	54.02
117	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	53.90
118	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	53.75
119	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	53.50
120	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	53.45
121	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	53.32
122	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	52.81
123	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	52.41
124	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	51.83
125	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	51.70
126	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	51.27
127	France`FRA`Western Europe	51.00
128	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	50.78
129	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	50.75
130	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	50.66
131	India`IND`Southern Asia	50.59
132	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	50.40
133	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	50.37
134	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	49.86
135	Guyana`GUY`South America	49.85
136	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	49.67
137	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	49.34
138	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	49.17
139	Suriname`SUR`South America	49.00
140	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	48.57
141	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	48.00
142	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	47.57
143	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	47.43
144	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	47.38
145	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	47.36
146	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	47.15
147	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	47.05
148	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	46.76
149	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	46.65
150	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	46.54
151	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	46.43
152	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	46.18
153	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	46.17
154	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	45.10
155	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	45.05
156	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	44.69
157	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	44.37
158	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	43.98
159	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	43.45
160	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	43.16
161	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	43.01
162	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	41.73
163	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	41.41
164	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	41.35
165	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	41.24
166	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	40.12
167	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	39.52
168	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	39.38
169	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	39.37
170	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	39.17
171	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	39.14
172	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	39.07
173	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	39.02
174	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	38.78
175	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	37.92
176	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	37.87
177	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	37.18
178	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	36.59
179	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	36.51
180	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	35.57
181	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	35.15
182	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	34.64
183	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	34.56
184	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	31.43
185	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	27.98
186	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	24.43
187	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	20.51

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar86.17
2Cambodia84.10
3Tanzania83.69
4Solomon Islands82.97
5Madagascar82.79

Lowest

187São Tomé and Príncipe20.51
186Djibouti24.43
185Somalia27.98
184Palestine31.43
183Jordan34.56

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 56.21. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 187 in both
74 · 113rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Cabo Verde48.29 → 52.81+4.52
Chile51.74 → 55.21+3.47
Romania43.97 → 46.76+2.79
Moldova58.85 → 61.49+2.64
Cambodia81.54 → 84.10+2.56

Fell most

Botswana52.55 → 49.17−3.38
Vanuatu64.70 → 61.37−3.33
Serbia42.75 → 40.12−2.63
Ireland56.00 → 53.50−2.50
Bulgaria50.41 → 48.00−2.41

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2010.
The position is ours
ILO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

International Labour Organization (ILO) (2010). Employment-to-Population Ratio, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/employment-ratio/2010

0635 held

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